Job 8

8Then answered ^aBildad the Shuhite, and said,

²How long wilt thou speak these things?

And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like ^ba strong wind?

^3cDoth God pervert judgment?

Or ^ddoth the Almighty pervert justice?

⁴If ^ethy children have sinned against him,

And he have cast them away ^†for their transgression;

^5fIf thou wouldest ^gseek unto God betimes,

And make thy supplication to the Almighty;

⁶If thou wert pure and upright;

Surely now he would awake for thee,

And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

⁷Though thy beginning was small,

Yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

^8hFor inquire, I pray thee, of the former age,

And prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:

⁹(For ⁱwe are but of yesterday, and know ^†nothing,

Because our days upon earth are ^ja shadow:)

¹⁰Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee,

And utter words out of their heart?

¹¹Can the ^krush grow up without mire?

Can the ^lflag grow without water?

^12mWhilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down,

It withereth before any other herb.

¹³So are the paths of all that forget God;

And the ⁿhypocrite’s hope shall perish:

¹⁴Whose hope shall be cut off,

And whose trust shall be ^†a spider’s web.

¹⁵He shall lean upon ^ohis house, but it shall not stand:

He shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

¹⁶He is ^pgreen before the sun,

And his ^qbranch shooteth forth in his garden.

¹⁷His roots are ^rwrapped about the heap,

And seeth the place of stones.

¹⁸If he destroy him ^sfrom his place,

Then it shall deny him, ^tsaying, I have not seen thee.

¹⁹Behold, this is the joy of his way,

And ^uout of the earth shall others grow.

²⁰Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man,

Neither will he ^†help the evil doers:

²¹Till he ^xfill thy mouth with laughing,

And thy lips with ^†rejoicing.

²²They that hate thee shall be ^yclothed with shame;

And the ^zdwelling place of the wicked ^†shall come to nought.